Burdensome vs Unfathomable - What's the difference?
burdensome | unfathomable | Related terms |
Of or like a burden; arduous or demanding
* 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of morals , London: Oxford University Press (1973 ed.), § 6:
Impossible to fathom or understand; incomprehensible.
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Difficult to penetrate.
Burdensome is a related term of unfathomable.
As adjectives the difference between burdensome and unfathomable
is that burdensome is of or like a burden; arduous or demanding while unfathomable is impossible to fathom or understand; incomprehensible.burdensome
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- . . . reap a pleasure from what, to the generality of mankind, may seem burdensome and laborious.
Synonyms
* (of or like a burden) arduous, demanding, exacting, onerous, taxingunfathomable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The sheer numbers they attacked with were unfathomable .
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